The Latest
American Whitewater is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1954 with a mission to protect and... [read more]
The 2026 Slab Creek recreation season was set to kick off with six scheduled releases between late... [read more]
Big changes are likely on the way for the New River Dries–including 32 releases annually! Thanks to... [read more]
A major penstock failure on the North Yuba River could take years to repair. Flows will be... [read more]
The San Joaquin River below Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E) Kerckhoff Hydroelectric Project is more than... [read more]
The Flathead National Forest has released their Draft Comprehensive River Management Plan for the Wild and Scenic... [read more]
Image: Slab Creek Run release flows. Photo by Darin McQuoid. Slab Creek & South Fork Silver Creek... [read more]
The Dryden Dam water access site is one of the most heavily used and important public river... [read more]
Action Alerts
The Bureau of Land Management’s Big Bar Launch facility off of Highway 49 is the only legal... [read more]
The West Virginia Public Waterway Access Act would require that significant bridge construction projects include river access... [read more]
During his first term, President Trump signed two major conservation laws. In 2019, the John D. Dingell,... [read more]
The American system for preserving public lands and supporting its citizens' access to them has been the... [read more]
Update! In response to efforts from American Whitewater and our partners, Grand Canyon National Park has extended... [read more]
State and federal agencies in both North Carolina and Tennessee are in the process of issuing permits... [read more]
The Flathead National Forest is looking to create a new river management plan for the Wild and... [read more]
Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) is requesting public input on a survey to determine recreational... [read more]
Success Stories
Yesterday, in a big win for rivers, a US District Court in Arizona tossed out a 2020... [read more]
Returning Home to Good News Last week, I returned from a 19-day Grand Canyon trip to learn that... [read more]
Photo: Kayakers on the Eagle River's Gilman Gorge, photo by Tom O'keefeThis morning, the federal Surface Transportation... [read more]
With the President’s signature today, 621 miles of new Wild and Scenic Rivers have been established through... [read more]
Excavators are in place at Mill Pond Dam on Northeastern Washington's Sullivan Creek, poised to begin chipping... [read more]
Earlier this month the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission unanimously voted to designate the waters of the North... [read more]
There’s great news for the pure rivers of Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California! On January 12, 2017,... [read more]
In an important victory for Ernie’s Gorge, we learned earlier today that Black Canyon Hydro LLC was... [read more]